Being confident even if you are not is essential in this competitive world. Confident boosts our career and our lives. But being confident is not an easy task for every one. I used to be not so confident all the time, thereby missing many extraordinary offers. I Then realized not only one should have a sound knowledge but also he/she must know how to be confident in important situations. If you want to be more confident, you can follow these rules which helped me a lot in various stages.
More Importantly Posture
Almost everyone, before crowd, experience nervousness that results in a weak posture. Posture while giving any presentation or an interview or anything for that matter is very important. Whether you are standing or sitting, you must know how you are been looked. For example, when you are standing, your shoulders must be behind and your head must hail high. This eventually makes you appear more confident. A good posture facilitates you a better breath too. Not only you must look after your sitting and standing positions, you must use your hand gestures as wisely as you could. Use hand gestures only at where you want to put more impact. This seems little hard but practising and knowing beforehand where you are presenting important statements can help you.
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Speak slowly and clearly with appropriate pauses
When you are giving a presentation, you often end up in speaking fast if you feel nervous. This appears not so confident to the audience. So moderate your pace and speak clearly. Moreover, while giving a presentation we sometimes end up in not giving sufficient pauses. This may happen because of our anxiety and nervousness. So, practice beforehand how and where to give pauses. Giving pauses enable you and your audience to take a break and understand the concept. It also helps you to recollect your thoughts.
The kind of voice you choose is very important
Oftentimes, when we are giving a public speech or any important talk, we start talking in more louder and high pitch voice. This consumes all our energy in few minutes and thereafter we can't really speak. This also sounds more uncomfortable to the audience. A research proves that a deeper and base voice is more popular than high pitch voice. Therefore, practice beforehand and ace your presentation or interview. Practising beforehand seems to be more childish. But to avoid unwanted circumstances, doing this is not wrong as far as I am concerned.